Bottle opener and closer.



J. D. THOMPSON. BOTTLE OPENER AND CLOSER. ArPLIoATIoI FILED MAY 26, 1910.

' Patented 111311.21, 1911.

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Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. e1, 1911.

Application led Hay 26, 1910. Serial No. M3581.

To all whom it ma/y concern: f l

Be it known that I, JOHN D. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bozeman, in the county of Gallatin and. State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Openers and Closers, of which the following is a specidcation.

This invention relates to a Acombined bottle opener and closer, which is particularly `adapted for bottles closedby crimped caps.

One object of thisinvention is to so form a bottle cap remover, thatthe same may be used to closevthe mouthof the bottle after the cap has been removed.

"nother object is to provide a bottle opened and closer having a sealing medium nd'to improve the means for holding the'rsai'ne.

A son further `objeta; ism provide been@ opener and closer having a sealing medium, means for holding said seallng medium, and

`to so form said holding IneansfthatftheIdea `vice may be slipped on tothe neck of ai bottle without obstruction as heretofore.

With these and. other objects 1n view, the

inventionconsists in the construction, com-` bination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed -out in the claims, but it will be understood that changes in the specific structure ma be maderwitho'ut departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the drawings, Figure 1, is Va bottom plan view of one form of my device, Fig. 2, is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1,' Fig.l 3, isa top plan view of the modification, Fig. 4f, is a section on the line f-Aof Fig. 8, and Fig. 5, is a side elevation partly in section of the portion `of a bottle, showingmy device in use asacap remover, Fig. 6, is a similar view of a bottle showing the device used as a closer, Fig. 7, is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the drawings, it will be seen that the device comprises a body portion 10 having formed at one end a loop 11 lying in the saine plane therewith, the

provided an inturned longitudinal disposed 'flange 1.5 adapted to engage the beaded mouth of the` neck ofthe bottle when the device is applied as a closer, and presents the rounded edges 15 by meansy of which the device is grasped in either of its uses, ille said rounded edges being best seen .in 1g. 'a'.

The and includingv the lip 14, is stamped downwardly to. form the concave recess 14', so that the said lip? will be in a plane below and parallel to. the plane of the loo 4 11. A tongue 16 is stamped or struck up om the lip '14, and isbent backward on the body portion 10 andis adapted to hold between it and the said body portion one end of a sheet of cork, rubber, or other suitable seal- 'ing material, said' tongue being so cut as to leave a narrow bridging portion 13 on the lip 14. LA similar lip 17 is struck up from the body portion adjacent its opposite end,

and is adapted to clamp the opposite-end of `the said sheet of cork or rubber 10,.the

jlongitudinal edges of said sheet being felampedf between the flanges 15 and the `body portion, by pinching said anges longitudinally as shown at 18 in Fig. 7 The depression llbrings the tongue 16 slightly below the'level of the sheet of rubber which greatly facilitates the application of the device to the neck of the bottle.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the device is formed similar to the first form with the exception that the tongue 16 and the lip 14 are formed by doubling the bridging strip 19, extending from the body portion 10 to the outer portion of vthe loop 11, said strip of course it being understood is cut from the loop on the line 20. The recess 111 is also formed in this modification to bring the ltongue 1G below-the plane of the sheet 10". Theflanges 15 have their ends rounded as in 21 to aid in applying the device to the bottle.

y From the foregoing, it will readily be Vseen that'thedevice is of'simple and cheap construction, and that I have provided an ethcient means ofholding'the sealing element to `the body `of the device, which will not Vbody portion immediately adjacent ing itself to the cap, when theA same is to be removed.;` v

llVhatisclaimedis: '1. A .combined bottle opener and closer comprising a' body portion having converging longitudinal sides and a-curved depression in its larger end, bottleengaging flanges on theconverging, sides, a bottle cap engaging loopon one end of'said body portion, a cap engaging lip'on one end ofjt'he body portion transversely of the depssion, a packing sheet between .the ilanges, said `flanges having-their `outer longitudinal doubled portions pinched together to clamp the sideedges of said packing sheet, a tongue' struckI up from the body 4portion adjacent its smaller. end and holding one end of said packing, and a tongue vstruck up from the said cap engaging lip, adapted to hold the opposite end of said packing, and lie in the same plane as the said sheet.

2. A combined bottle opener and closer comprising ab ody portionhaving converging longitudinalanged sides, adapted to eni gage the beaded mouth of a bottle, a packving sheet disposed on the face of the body of the body portion?y a second tongue struck up' from the cap engaging lip said tongue being disposed within a de ression so that said lip will lie in a plane elow said loop, and the tongue below the surface of said packing.

In testimony whereof I alx my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN D. THOMPSON.'

Witnesses:

JOHN KoUN'rz, H. N. PURDY. 

